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Past Wordle answer Possible answer Accepted guess C tier opener

PLANK

Yes, PLANK was the Wordle answer on May 17, 2023 (Wordle #697).

As an opener, it rules out about 91.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Pronunciation: /ˈplæŋk/[ˈpʰlæŋk]/ˈplaŋk/

Noun

A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.

Noun

A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue.

“Germanization was a central plank of German conservative thinking in the 19th and 20th centuries.”

Verb

To cover something with planking.

“to plank a floor or a ship”

Verb

To bake (fish, etc.) on a piece of cedar lumber.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

Yes

Included among the answers considered by the solver.

Past Wordle answer

Used once

Past Wordle answer: May 17, 2023 (#697).

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

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How PLANK performs as a guess

PLANK is a possible answer, so it would solve about one game in 2,358 when every answer is treated as equally likely.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 76.4% of games, misses completely in 23.6%, and leaves about 211 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #4,227 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.66 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

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Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

P___K P in the 1st position and K in the 5th position P__N_ P in the 1st position and N in the 4th position _L__K L in the 2nd position and K in the 5th position

Try next

TORSE TAMER TOILE SIDER STIRE TALER
Words starting with P Words ending with K

First-turn measures

4.56 Entropy (bits)
211 Avg remaining
0.04% Exact match
91.0% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 56% of evaluated openers
1.38 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How PLANK performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.66 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#4,227 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, PLANK ranks #4,227 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
1
2 guesses
64
3 guesses
895
4 guesses
1,181
5 guesses
200
6 guesses
10
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
1 vowels
Common:
ALN

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
32%
All gray
24%

Example solver route

R O A T E
S L I C K
B E E F Y
P L A N K

One example route used by the solver.

This solver benchmark reaches PLANK in 4 guesses.

Feedback distribution

104 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

557
243
183
177
128
115
85
75
74
60
54
34
33
25
25
25
23
22
22
21
21
21
18
14
13
12
12
12
11
10

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing PLANK:

24% chance
Suggested:
TORSE
10% chance
Suggested:
TAMER
8% chance
Suggested:
TOILE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

23.6% →
TORSE 6.27 bits
10.3% →
TAMER 5.39 bits
7.8% →
TOILE 5.06 bits
7.5% →
SIDER 5.30 bits
5.4% →
STIRE 5.17 bits
4.9% →
TALER 4.59 bits
3.6% →
SUITE 5.27 bits
3.2% →
RUOTE 4.69 bits
3.1% →
MANOR 4.47 bits
2.5% →
ROUSE 4.54 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for PLANK; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

P3L1A1N1K5
Total: 11 points

Words With Friends

Total: 14 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.